CHILES Jordan

General
TEXAS MOVE
After graduating from high school in 2019 she considered quitting the sport before deciding to move to Texas to join the World Champions Centre with coaches Laurent and Cecile Landi. "I just wasn't in the right mindset. I didn't know if I wanted to do gymnastics anymore. I would cry and cry and cry, and nobody knew. Laurent and Cecile brought back the love of the sport for me, because it was gone. I lived in a world where everything [was] strict, strict, strict. They've given my so much encouragement. I didn't get that too much in the past. I just thank them all the time." She credits fellow US gymnast Simone Biles for helping her with the decision to move to Texas. "I just wanted to finish high school and go off to college. But then I had a talk with Simone." (onherturf.nbcsports.com, 20 May 2021; onherturf.nbcsports.com, 27 Jun 2021; popsugar.co.uk, 01 Jul 2021; 21ninety.com, 30 Jun 2021; blackenterprise.com, 30 Jun 2021)

COLLEGE COMMITMENT
She is committed to studying at the University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] in the United States of America. She originally deferred her enrolment to 2020 in order to prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, before deferring for an extra year after the Games were postponed. (balancebeamsituation.com, 28 May 2020; insidegymnastics.com, 22 May 2019)

CLOTHING BRAND
She launched her own clothing brand Melanin Drip Clothing Co in June 2020. "I am a young black woman, a Melanin Queen, and I wanted to create apparel that speaks loud and honours our royal lineage." (popsugar.co.uk, 08 Jun 2021)